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LAWRENCE JACKSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 14, 1949 – June 26, 1968
Service recordLawrence Jackson, of Houston, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 26, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 3
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 26, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 118 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 3
- WILLIAM A CLIFTONSpecialist Five · June 26, 1968
- TIMOTHY L MCLEANSergeant · June 26, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD NIEHAUSSpecialist Four · June 26, 1968
- MARK PATTERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JORGE L BATISTA-RODRIGUEZPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 54W, Line 1
- RICHARD TERRY BRONSONSergeant · Panel 54W, Line 1
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.